Hat-fastener.



'HAT FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 30. 1916.

1,222,281 Patnted Apr. 10, 1917.

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Application led June 3G 1316.

To all whom t may concern.'

.lie it known that l, Danni Giovanna lnncnni, a subject of the King ofitaly, re-

siding at North llifcymouth, in the county of Norfolk, in the Y@tate ofMassachusetts, have invented a certain new and useful lmprovement inHatelasteners, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to that class of hat fasteners which comprise,essentially, a comb that is slidably mounted in a guidei'ilate securedlixedly to the under side of the hat brim and my present object is toimprove such fasteners by providing simple and inexpensive means forretaining the comb in its operative position and also for protecting thepoints of the comb teeth when the comb is in its inoperative position,that is to say, when the comb is withdrawn from the hair.

Incidentally, l have also secured the guide-plate to the hat in suchmanner that the said plate may be adjusted as to its position relativeto the hat crown, and so that the comb may be caused to enter the hairat any desired angle or inclination.

ln order to explain my invention clearly l have provided the annexeddrawing in which Figure l is a central, vertical, sectional view of ahat showing two of my improved fasteners mounted on the said hat inopposition to each other; one of said fasteners being shown as if itwere pushed forward into engagement with the hair of the wearer ofthehat, while the other fastener shows the comb withdrawn from the hair.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the complete fastener, with the comb inits operative position and secured to the guide-plate and Fig. 3 is asimilar view showing the comb withdrawn and the ends of the teethconcealed within the guide-plate.

Referring to these drawings the letter a indicates a hat. rlhe letter bdenotes my guide-plate the same being` formed, as here shown, withoffset end portions which terminate in feet b which are perforated sothat the said feet may be stitched to the hat, or to the hat lining, atthe point where the crown and brim of the hat meet, and so that aflexible connection is made as will be seen by reference to Fig. 1 ofthe drawings, thus rendering it possible and convenient to enter thecomb in the hair at that desired angle.

The comb is denoted as a whole by the reference letter c and itcomprises a back Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Adpr.. ttl, 191'?.

Serial No. 106,930.

plate c and a plurality of teeth, the said comb being adapted to slidein the guideplate b a. limited distance, the limit of movement in onedirection being governed by pins al, in the guide plate, which enterslots c2 in the comb and in the other direction by a headed stud e, inthe back-plate c', which stud is adapted to enter a slot b2 in theguide-plate; the entrance to slot b2 being of such restricted width thatthe stud e may be forced therethrough and the comb is thus preventedfrom accidental separation from the guide-plate when the fastener is inuse.

The comb may, however, be withdrawn from the guide-plate by grasping thehead of the stud c and forcibly removing the said stud from t-he slot52.

It should be noted that, when the comb is thus withdrawn to its greatestextent, the points of the comb teeth pass under the plate Z) and arethus completely withdrawn from the hair, and kept from engagement withthe hair while the hat is being removed from or placed upon, the head.This is an important construction when viewed in comparison with othercombs of this general type in which the teeth of such combs projectbeyond their supporting plate and are invariably being caught by thehair when the hat is being removed, to the great annoyance of thewearer, as well the disarrangement of her hair.

lWhen it is desired to wear a hat having fasteners of my described type,the comb is first drawn outward, as seen in Fig. 3; the

hat is then placed upon the head and the comb is forced upward underplate Z), and into the hair, until the stud e has been forced into theslot b2.

When it is desired to remove the hat it is only necessary to grasp theknob of stud c with a thumb and finger and release the stud .from theslot, when the comb may be completely withdrawn from the hair and thchat can be removed from the head.

rlhe flexible connection between the guide plate b and the hat rendersit possible, as I have already stated, to vary the angle or inclinationof the comb with respect to the head of the wearer of the hat and thisis particularly desirable because of the facts that some hats are wornhigh upon the head while others are worn lowdown, and l may add that thedifferent modes of dressing the hair also make it desirable, in factnecessary, that the comb shall be inserted in the hair at relativelydiiierent angles or inclinations. f

Having thus described my invention I claim as nevv and Wish to secure byLetters Patent A hat fastener comprising an elongated guide member osetat its ends to provide 'feet and perforated whereby to be engagedflexibly with a hat, the one edge of said guide member having a slottherein with a eonstricted opening forming substantially a latch, a comboperating through said guide member and having its end teeth slottedlongitudinally and closed at both ends, pins mounted transversely insaid guide member and entering said slotted teeth to limit the movementof said comb in one direction, the teeth of the comb in the latter p0-sition being entirely Within said guide member and isolate from the hairand a stud upstanding from the hea-d of said comb and adapted to beengaged With the slotted latch in said guide member, to limit themovement of the Comb in the opposite direction and retain the same ineffective position.

DELIA G. FULCER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

